CoRPoRAtES of toMoRRow NEED to RESPECt tHE CHoICES AND CELEBRAtE tHE INDIvIDuALIty of tHE MoDERN woRKfoRCE

tHE them. As more companies have started acknowledging this, we can expect more businesses to focus on building the right capabilities and aiding distinct growth opportunities for their employees to explore their full potential instead of calculating their work hours.

For instance, at Marico, we have never monitored the attendance of our members in the past 32 years. Even during the pandemic, we made sure that we followed the same ethos, and we found that our member productivity and efficiency increased despite the lack of physical presence.

Future workforce dedicated to contributing towards mankind and environment

Purpose-led goals act as catalysts to improve productivity, enhance engagement and provide job satisfaction. The future workforce believes in driving meaningful outcomes and expects organisations to give them the freedom to be themselves and trust them to get the job done.

Companies need to motivate their members by supporting their individual purpose over and above chasing profits.

At Marico, we encourage members to decide their own goals and help them carve the development paths. We understand that the definition of success is different for each resource, as an tHE futuRE woRKfoRCE BELIEvES IN DRIvING MEANINGfuL outCoMES AND ExPECtS oRGANISAtIoNS to GIvE tHEM tHE fREEDoM to BE tHEMSELvES AND tRuSt tHEM to GEt tHE JoB DoNE organisation, we attempt to understand individual purposes, and mentor them towards achieving it.

We have thus charted a refreshed EVP – “Go Beyond, Grow Beyond and Be the Impact” to keep our organisation contextual to the evolving talent aspirations. We observed that there is greater representation of younger minds in driving sustainability initiatives. As an organisation, we enable members to ‘live their purpose’.

Diversity a prerequisite to trigger innovation

Diversity and inclusivity have become an essential component to achieve business excellence. We strongly believe that the diverse background, expertise and perception of multi-cultural and multi-generational workforce spurs innovation and enhances productivity.

Furthermore, employees are inspired when their company encourages them to ‘be themselves’ and respect their individuality. Right from their opinions to their sexual orientation, and even their learning and development needs to achieve both personal and professional goals. We recently revamped our diversity and inclusivity policies and established the Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) Council with an aim to curate a culture where diverse perspectives across levels are equally heard and valued.